OFAC is publishing two general licenses issued under the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, GL 5X and GL 5Y, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website. GL 5X was issued on June 18, 2026; the notice directs readers to the supplementary information for additional relevant dates. The notice does not state the activities or entities each license authorizes.
OFAC is publishing the names of one or more persons placed on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) after determining that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property of these persons that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. The action was issued on September 17, 2026.
CBP states in a general notice that the quarterly IRS interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties will remain the same from the previous quarter. For the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2026, the underpayment rate is 7 percent for both corporations and non-corporations, and the overpayment rate is 7 percent for non-corporations and 6 percent for corporations. The rates are applicable as of October 1, 2026.
OFAC is publishing the names of one or more persons placed on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) after determining that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property of these persons that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. The action was issued on September 8, 2026; the notice does not name the designated persons or state the legal criteria applied.
OFAC is publishing the names of one or more persons placed on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) after determining that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property of these persons that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. The action was issued on September 4, 2026; the notice does not name the persons or state the legal criteria applied.
OFAC is publishing the names of one or more persons placed on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) after determining that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property of these persons that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. The action was issued on September 10, 2026; the notice does not name the designated persons or state the legal criteria applied.
OFAC is publishing updates to the identifying information of one or more entries currently included on one or more of OFAC's sanctions lists. The notice does not name the entries, the lists affected or the updated identifiers, and it states that relevant dates appear in the Supplementary Information rather than in the DATES section.
OFAC is publishing the names of one or more persons placed on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) after determining that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property of these persons that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. The action was issued on September 9, 2026.
OFAC is publishing updates to the identifying information of one or more persons currently included on the SDN List, and is also publishing the names of one or more persons whose property and interests in property have been unblocked and who have been removed from the SDN List. The notice states that relevant dates appear in the supplementary information. The notice does not name the persons, the SDN program tags or the specific dates.
OFAC is publishing two general licenses issued under the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, GL 30B and GL 51, each previously made available on OFAC's website. GL 30B was issued on February 10, 2026; the notice's supplementary information gives additional relevant dates. The notice does not state the scope of either license or the date GL 51 was issued.
OFAC is publishing two Iran-related general licenses, GLs CC and DD, which were previously made available on OFAC's website upon issuance. GL CC was issued on September 4, 2026. The notice directs readers to the supplementary information for additional relevant dates.
OFAC is publishing General License 5 under the Nicaragua Sanctions Regulations, a license previously made available on OFAC's website. GL 5 was issued on April 16, 2026. The notice does not state the authorization GL 5 provides or the persons and transactions it covers.
OFAC is publishing two general licenses issued under the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, GL 50A and GL 51A, each previously made available on OFAC's website. GL 50A was issued on February 18, 2026; the notice's supplementary information gives additional relevant dates. The notice does not state the activities or entities the licenses authorize.
The IRS published in the Federal Register the 2026 inflation adjustment factor and applicable amounts used to calculate the clean electricity production credit under section 45Y of the Internal Revenue Code. The notice states the figures are required by law to be published in the Federal Register. The notice does not state the factor or the applicable amounts.
CBP issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking stating it is considering amending its regulations to require greater visibility into the supply chains of goods imported into the United States, including information on the parties involved in importation, technical solutions for tracing supply chains, and foreign export documentation that foreign exporters must submit to their customs authority before export to the United States. CBP says the proposals aim to detect and interdict illicit importations, especially goods illegally transshipped to evade U.S. customs and trade laws. Comments are due on or before December 1, 2026, under docket number USCBP-2026-1058.
OFAC is publishing the names of one or more persons placed on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List after determining that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property of these persons that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. The action was issued on August 26, 2026.
The U.S. Court of International Trade denied as moot the plaintiffs' motion to enforce the settlement agreement in Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Lutnick, Court No. 24-00148, Slip Op. 26-97, dated August 19, 2026, after all parties agreed no live controversy remained. The court noted that the Marine Mammal Protection Act import provisions, 16 U.S.C. § 1371(a)(2), have been implemented for the first time since the MMPA's 1972 enactment, with comparability findings issued for 135 nations covering approximately 2,500 fisheries and import bans on fish caught with commercial fishing technology causing incidental kill or serious injury of ocean mammals in excess of U.S. standards.
The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-94, Court No. 25-00091, that IEEPA's authority to "nullify [or] void . . . exercising any . . . privilege" authorizes the President's rescission of the de minimis exemption under 19 U.S.C. § 1321, and that the APA does not apply to the ministerial agency actions implementing that directive. The court denied Axle of Dearborn's motion for partial summary judgment on Counts I and II, granted summary judgment to the government on those counts, denied the government's motion to dismiss Count II as moot, and denied the government's motion for summary judgment on Count III.
The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-73, Court No. 26-02462, denied the government's motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and denied Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders NZ Inc.'s motion for a preliminary injunction that would have enjoined NMFS's March 11, 2026 comparability findings and imposed an import ban on New Zealand set net and trawl fisheries. The plaintiff challenges the 2026 Comparability Findings, 91 Fed. Reg. 11,962, as arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law under 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), and alleges the failure to implement an import ban is agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed under 5 U.S.C. § 706(1).
CBP states that the U.S. Department of the Treasury will stop issuing paper checks for all CBP refunds on Feb. 6, 2026, unless the recipient has an approved waiver under 31 C.F.R. § 208.4, and that two upgrades to the ACE Secure Data Portal prepare users for the electronic refund process. The changes, outlined in the Interim Final Rule: Electronic Refunds, follow Executive Order 14247 on modernizing federal payments. The first upgrade adds a secure online tool for authorizing electronic refunds and the second simplifies the application process for creating importer accounts.